SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
EN CLAIR | Australia’s New Security Reports
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
DOCUMENT | Testimony by Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of African Affairs
Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs. Washington, DC, December 5, 2012.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Mali: Pivotal Point
Paralyzing factors — including Algeria’s secret nuclear program — conspire against addressing Mali’s growing safe-haven for the jihadist fighters who threaten the stability of West Africa’s energy production, now a pivotal component of US and European requirements.
HARDWARE, WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY
The Transition Beyond Strategic Nuclear War
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
ESSENTIAL READING | Old Peking Alive
Important New Strategic Literature
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Beirut Assassination Showed Lebanese Involvement in Anti-Syrian Fighting
STRATEGY & INTELLIGENCE
Turkey Stumbles, But Washington Pushed
The mid-October 2012 Turkish interception of an alleged Syrian military shipment was intended to build momentum for the case to intervene in Syria. But it backfired, and may have damaged US-Turkish trust, and given the upper hand to Moscow.
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
Israel’s Sudan Air Strike: a Message and a Mission
Exclusive Reports on Issues of Strategic Significance
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
CURRENT ESTIMATE | Nigerian Security Situation Deteriorates; the PRC Frets
An estimate of an area of key current significance
CRIME & CORRUPTION
Colombia: Will Negotiations Work This Time?
SECURITY, UNREST & WAR
The New 9/11 Attacks: A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
The surge in jihadist attacks on US diplomatic missions in September 2012 largely obscured the complex realities around a number of individual incidents and locales, particularly with regard to the Libyan situation.